Aviation News
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rejected calls by the Indian Air Force to buy an additional 44 Rafale fighters. Instead the service should buy more Tejas-Mark 1A fighters to satisfy its requirements for replacing the MiG-21.
By Ashwin Kumar [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Many wonderful pictures taken by Gelio Vostok of the Sukhoi Su-34 production line at the V.P.Chkalov Novosibirsk Aircraft Plant.
Pentagon spokesperson Captain Jeff Davis told reporters during a briefing on Oct. 7 that the United States was forced to re-route its military aircraft over Syria to avoid a close encounter with Russian planes.
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Source: CBS News
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Lockheed Martin brought its F-16 cockpit demonstrator to Indonesia this week to highlight the F-16V.
Source: Lockheed Martin
Updated with video from Russia’s Ministry of Defense.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin today that four Russian Navy ships based in the Caspian Sea had fired 26 cruise missiles at 11 targets in Syria.
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